{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2010-4527", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a '\\0' character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[oss-security] 20101231 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/4" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615" }, { "name": "http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/" }, { "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37" }, { "name": "45629", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45629" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20101230 CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/1" }, { "name": "42765", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42765" }, { "name": "ADV-2011-0375", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375" }, { "name": "SUSE-SA:2011:008", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html" }, { "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb" }, { "name": "43291", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/43291" } ] } }